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IUE-CWA Blasts Delphi Executive Bonus Plan
News
January 3, 2008
IUE-CWA reacted angrily to the revelation in a Jan. 2 court filing of Delphi’s intention to reward Chairman Robert S. Miller with an $8.3 million bonus – previously undisclosed in the company's executive compensation plan -- for leading the auto parts maker through bankruptcy.
CWA Calls for Independent Telecom Spinoff for No. New England
News
January 3, 2008
As regulators in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine express concern over Verizon's proposed sale of its phone business to a small North Carolina company, FairPoint Communications, CWA has proposed that governors and lawmakers in the three states consider forming an independent company to buy and operate the telecommunications network.
NLRB Slams Workers Again in Guild E-mail Ruling
News
January 3, 2008
The National Labor Relations Board has dealt yet another blow to workers' rights, ruling in a case involving CWA journalists that employers can ban union-related messages from being sent through a company's e-mail system.
588 AT&T Customer Care Reps Vote CWA in New Hampshire
News
January 3, 2008
Concerned over the lack of job security, poor wages, and exorbitant health care costs, a unit of 588 customer care workers at an AT&T Government Solutions center in Dover, New Hampshire, gained representation with CWA Local 1298 through majority card check. According to the state AFL-CIO it was the largest private sector organizing win in New Hampshire since 1966. The workers process passport applications under an AT&T contract with the U.S. Department of State.
Maine FairPoint Settlement Fails to Protect Public Interest; Battle Shifts to Regulators in New Hamp
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The Maine Public Utilities Commission approved a previously labeled “partial, contested” settlement of the sale of Verizon Communications operations to FairPoint Communications subject to certain additional requirements in late night deliberations on January 3. CWA and IBEW had urged commis